Improvement in shuttles for looms



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

I'MPROVEMENTIN SHUTTLES FOR LOOMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 48,154, dated June 13,1865.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. CoBUEN, of Lowell, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Shuttles; and I do hereby declare that thelollowin g is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompany-l ing drawings, forming part ot' this specication, in which-Figure lis a side view of a shuttle constructed after my invention. Fig.2 is a plan view of the same, a portion being shown in section onv theline of Fig. l.V I

Similar letters ot' reference indicate like I parts.

thread is cut on the rod, by means of which it is connected to theshuttle.

c is a plug of wood, metal, or other suitable substance, which is placedsnugly in the end ot' the shuttle in the path of the rod b, and at rightangles therewith. I have shown a plug made of wood in this example of myinvention.

The rod b is screwed directly through the center ot' the plug, thelatter answering the purpose of a nut to the rod and its tip.

The plug may be of any suitable shape, but it must be of a sizesufficient to enable the rod b to take rm hold thereof, and of astrength and material to enable it to resist the shock which will betransmitted to it through the tip and its rod without stripping thethreads of the screw.

One of the advantages which is derived from the plug is that itpreserves the shuttle from being split by the shocks it sustains in itsmovements.

The plug may be screwed or keyed in the shuttle, or secured in any othersuitable manner, it desirable so to do. y

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Securing the tipot' the shuttle by means of its screw threaded shank b, which .screwsthrough the transverse plug c, substantially as above described.

JOHN H. OOBURN.

Witnesses:

A. B. RIcHARDsoN, L. PooLER.

